YOU* BUSINESS WANTED f
MAKE FARMVLLLE YOUR
SHOPPING HEADQUARTERS
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BusinessHereTo
And Discuss Local Needs
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C. of C. and M. A. To Be
Host To Qvie Groups
At Annual Meeting On
Monday
The FnwaviHe Chamber of
merce ad Menfaants Association will
be host bo local Rotarians, Khranlans
and membem ef the Postwar Plan
ning Board at its sannal meeting, to
be held, Monday evening, April 15,
at 7:00 o'clock at the Country Club.
A barbecue sapper will be sarvwd.
Hal Winders, president of the host
organisation, Will preside. The pro
gram will be presented by the Poet
war Planning Beard, of which R. A.
Joyner is chairman. Dr. J. M. Mew
born will be in charge of the pro
gram, which will brhig to the .
tion of tha assemblage the
needs of the Farmville community.
The Postwar Planning Board grew
out of a recommendation made at;
the last annual meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce and Merchants As
sociation, and the program will take
the form of a report of its activities
and a round table rHsmasien of the
most pressing needs of the communi
ty.
Hie annual election of officers will I
take place at this time. I
The following committees have
been appoiatad fat connection with the
annual meeting; Arrangements, M.
G. Thome, T. Eli Joyner, Jr., Lewis
Allen; Nominating, J. O. Pollard, M.
G. Thome, P. K. Ewell; Food, Frank
and Lewis Williams.
Merchants Protest
Freight Rate Boost
Raleigh, April 10~-A
of diippeis, representatives of the
N. C. Merchants Association, and
OPA officials was scheduled to be held
bare today concerning proposed in
creased freight rates en seme 110
classes of intrastate shipments.
Opposition to the increase was
Tilni yesiswUy by a group of 40
Merehita Association members who
met with OPA representatives. The
merchants said tfiey would be tumble
to operate under the higher rates un
less ceding prices were authorized
for <he uinniodRies faveived.
The proposed rate increase would
affbM farm liupieiimtts,
goods, furniture, bakery piud?ie,
and other
Umber Ratio Gets
Badly Oft Balance!
Hie timber ratio in Esstarn. North
Carolina is now badly off balance
and unless corrective steps are tabs*
aoom, the ultimate production of valu
able pine will hardly meet the. tooth
pick demand at a Sunday School pic
Cftiw^a W.Q09 amis of ?
Ignds ygtpf pine seerfUng n?*
' IB p?r eaut flf Wff>#
tar and larger, Is now
divided bstoraa
. Forestry Ftrfe?or G. K.
,?t State College,
dpated fat a state-wide1 survey at I
> not cut selectively itwTOld
be almost elhwifisted by
in Sis course at a hundred years. Hi*
prime advice to farmers as a correc
tive measnse in
i hardwoods?is that tfeey;
ft* ]
at
Stores To Close
Beginning May 1
Hw? Farmville
nd M.
o'clock, art will
tice until the Wafaieeday before the
opening of the i
At TheKi?raiii??lab
Froggie Pickett presented lee. E.
R Clegg as guest speaker for the
Kiwanls Club meeting tide- week.
Rev. Mr. Cleg* brought a veryfha
message, emphasising that we of to
day are beneflting/rdm linearis of
yesteryear and that the next genera
tion will reap thagaaduf the dfuaati
of today. He explained the differ
through tful dreaming which brings
happiness sad success, ftiflher stab,
ing that we do not really begin to live
until we dream in terms ef thinking.
Kiwaniana will ha guests next
Monday at the annual supper meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants Association Jim Jeynee
wiU have charge of the ngulas
Kiwanis program on April 22.
At The Rotary Club
Featuring the business session of
the Rotary Club meeting, Tuesday
evening, was the election of the fob
lowing new officers and directors!
KB Duke, president; Dr. John 1?
Mewborn, vice president; T- Eli Joy"
ner, Jr., and C. H. Flanagan, direc
tors. Rev. E. & Coatee, secretary,
and J. M. Stansill, treasurer,-' wore
reelected
Dr. Mewborn gave a report on
activities relating to the school
ground project. the attendance
prise, which was given by Rev- E- 8.
Ceatos, w?a won by DeRoy Rollins.
The meeting hour was changed from
to 7:00 o'clock
Ed Naah Wanon and Jrvio Mor
gan acted as instructors to new men*
here, recently initiated into the Club,
Bill Rollins, Arch" Flanagan, Eddie
Catiaway, Charlie Raeburry and
feeM illMNk
?? ooop v? s
Featuring the program were phono
graph recordings by Paul Harris,
' m.i- n - - ww- . ?- lWiMii ?
Koxary r ounuor, ** * ww w irfiwiiu,
program leader, wiv assisted by Eli
Joyner, Jr., in pettitag on IbM 4aa
ture.
ACTION W ANTED
BY TOBACCONISTS
DamiHe* Va., April 10.?Growwm
of the Sowth'g muW-millien dollar
tobacco crop are looking to '
ton for legikiHwi to promt "a drae
tie price drop" for the 1946
4?y
president qf the Bright Belt W?"*
, in) HH
house AaageipHen, U| tile #****<
various leaden called
m *W? ul of tiie 'loan being
sough# by QNat Britain. ???
(2) Phaeage of parity legislation
ant awB faeorporato the coat of
?Botn^-lbber. BUS
(8) jRiiamtkm of a recent Chineee
embargo en importation of leaf from
WM, jiiaUii. annoweement of
eeilbls prices plans for 1946, describ
ed as "noW youll have
yen wen*" ?j? .
for -the ufpt ii I ml
inventoriea;
mi its *ah
inability of
.wyu'
___ flour rationing
plan without coafM worries iot
r fire Wednesday as
the Government took Mother cam
ful look into-the wheat i
of WgHrdMuse GHntoa
? Anderson said he sdtjMMPto de
cide during the day wheth# to pa*
into effect asp order requiring millet*
to cut their aalea of floor to bakere
nd retailers by 26 percent
The oahfctst oflficnrdiaeioeed to a
flows conference that ha thd ordered
__flje ?1? ?, ti- 1 ?y, -4-r, lfl
oxncuui m ms wpsnniwi u> prepare
such an order. Should it bo issued*
it twit have the effect of rationing
supplies of' flour to bakers and .rn
tailers, but not to consumers.
0?Hal> have exphtott ,that mat
chiaary for eowpnor Ti'i1wt"tr of
tAUe products could not be set in
motion in time to help out during thd
current food OfOh
Anderson's decision may well
hinge on a to|?orl-auhaddhjd-to-be
by the department's fact re
I board on stocks of wheat on
April 1.
With commercial supplies at ab
normally low levels, the Govera
millero must look to
fam stocks for the bulk of all oocport
requirements until the;
na* crop starts moving to market in
Jwm.
Beeauso there has been heavy
feeding at wheat to livestock in
areas unable to get oorn, same of
ficials aspect the wheat stock report
to shew that remaining supplies are
insufficient to moot present consum*
?* ?w,*v gv^wwvre wwvwww
or demands export commitments.
, the o
hi that event, the order curtail
w domestic ooBswnDticm of flout
would ?ppmb to he necessary,
PHI Schools To
No Gradxwthms This
Year; Beards Piaa For
Next Year
-. Pitt County schools will dot* tht
1948-48 torn an May 84, Supt. Do*
H. Conley an*ou*ced today.
then is Be fmdtfMtny.jBiifft
this year on amount of the-toelafle
tlon of the 12th year program la:
be lean ulahindi than
only be limited to one or two days.
The local bwdr in the 18 comity
schools districts are now worViag. ob
their organirtttons for 1948-47. The
?most perpijudag problem before loot
leaden this year is, as nana!, the
shortage of well trained teachers.
cent q#
hwto as if thai
Ilia County Board <* IW*a??aB ia
? of contacting immediately
teachers in Pitt and other conn
may deatrs to accept em
in this county daring the
1848-47 school term.
Work of overhauling of tfdioot
will start at the comrty garage
the month of April. The
transportation outlook far
848-47 is noUmy-Coo bright at pres
a. . .J*** .1- ? w ?a ?
aue vo use jnaDiiixy ox uuck
^Twa^y-five mKsoUte Bit*
rfleet are "36 sad '37 medal* ^The
[iBoanl of Education is hopeful
^the majority of these units mac
oof (if sards* withm,Jh*3a*
2 month* Snpt Conley s^
eijyJ
tiiy* i'rtif 11, ? - iiivuMkji' >?
post wincx?;<fwvo oirerwi uim i
Wwltt #RO. 1
H#:-. formal
, , , .BP ??
8ttb& dWeien urn as a surprise
to the koehfc TThdniwIsi's iniiollin,
W? iljliift iiuiipffj tor SpBwtf
INOC unllktil Uwi
?? ~UisK?. ??j
Although Spikes gave aa Ms
sow tor rejsetlon the celtesw wri
may his "moral obligation" to
i'i afepl program,
f?t that the ECTC
than Spaces' total income at
Btirtihfton, to the real reason be
hjnd his rejecting: the offer.
By Money Spent On
. RwiUUpair Jobs
<rf ???Ml
-?* A- * ?
v .. _ . jpvpsH JB. or mosv wpmiw
'A' - - - *- ^ ' M| ' i *? ? ? ?-*
w?t ' U- " rOWWi
cJuMiro?n of the OomieiJhi' KeaMmtlal
Committee, Twrwled
On* in five farm families throatheni
1* needed in
fam horn# with
to the study. A
ExpewHtartds In tUd county nra
#i*tof * IWWH.000 Peogrsm to be
?nmfciflMo by- North Carolina form
and rami hone owner* in the next
nd* revnded. An
*****
ReermtiMr: Office
, Iil GrCW?ttle
Office
announced by the
Station in
to two the
. Stations for
North Carol ino; the ether being
Greensboro.
wKffirs s1,
9TSf ?rHF^pPI eD? WOU"
,Ji?flcer,in.-Ch*cge o* thorGr
Sub-District Station. He will hav*
an assistant who has not yet
cof0W . net travel to RaWah.
? 'Xm WMwn the age. of IT and
accented far
Ab Corps
end many
Jeb*^pert*intag to aviatio*
HM?Park Estate To J
Be National Shrine
? N. Y, April U^-J-rmn*
to D. BooMrrit'a Hyde Park wtat*
WPW
?,
the
rsas
m
w-M
? m
?Ky
Iff'year old Btoglisl
?ha became dia
m * farm k
anMrftkor ex-sol
spending- only i
wm in Now Yori
dngr a job?and i
jiii, Mrs. Evelyn ftrfHw
Rdtat.
wnrxw viwvi
Detective John Leffler quoted he?
_j saying. she left her husband eft*
finding he lived fit a one-room cabin
with few conveniences. She told po
Ike die did' not want to return tc
her old home home in Cricklewood,
England, when die waa married lad
Oct 80. Bather, die said, she want
ed to get a divorce and find-* job
and alay hen.
Leffler Mid Mrs. Postal told him
* had been under the Ipypreaairm
dm wan married that her hus
band waa * wealthy man. She a*M
she had known Poaton, a forma
ground crew corporal with an Eighth
Air Force bomber grroun for a year
before they were marrM,
,4_ Nat .Mid Yet
She waa tiiinart over to immigra
tion authotlMea who rtiled they
bad no grand for deporting her td
and released her. . . ?
hi Salisbury, bar husband; Wsnen
H. ? Poaton. teleohoned-har Wartina
day. She told Wm aha waa "aH
dght," and that she left him in Salis
hury because she "couldn't stand"
that part of the country, hi reply to
her query, Postow said "no, i aint
mad yet"
H
Race Far Congress In
Limelight; Contest For
The Senate ? v
GreenviHe, April 10. ? Saturday,
?ight, April IS, at* o'clock, is fte
deadline for candMaitas to file fo?
eounty or state offices, J. Henry Har
r?U, fkusatai J of the Pitt
Board of Elections, said today.
the usual Voting places Saturday,
April 27 and the following two Sat
urdays.
4 The Democratic Primary will be
held Saturday, Hay 28. The general
election will be held on Tuesday,
November 11
interest new canters in
fte am*"
<L Bodnanof
of GcantviBe* fer j
sentative- in Congress from the First
district. Bonner, a native of Beau
fart County, who-served as secretary
ft Congressman Lindsay
many yean, has served' two
Congress. He is a member of some
committees. H umber,
graduate of Ha* asd Law School gad
Oxford University in Eng'-md, is an
internationally known lawyer. He
represented American firms in Fiwnca
many yean. He is the author of fte
World Federation Plan for a anion
of nations similar to fte American
Union, which has been adopted by
nearly a score of stabs legislatures.
He w
villa
Judge J. Paul Friaselle of Snow
Hill and FVth Judicial Solicitor,
Have M. (Reddy) daft of Green
ville have ae opposition.
-rlw..a ?BJ i
urocers Fined
i NortH
markets settled OPA
panel claims during March for
to customers in the'
various grocery items by paying
?Wes jt $2S to $60 to tt ?
of the United States.
OPA Director Theodore S.
. said the settlements
local Aran Price Ooo
fo'lowing hearings at
rtiaa* qfy
fMT"
1 that fa
tip*
OPA
v-. <
ESS
Mm
Davie
rasp chairmen, v . -r
Mw Tarns Lee Owens Walker will
act as chairman of the Fountain Seel
Ppi.,. JIIP-.,, (? ..
The principal of each school for
the coined ha the eeurrfcy under the
direction of Prof. H. B. Sue* Co
ordinator for Schools for the Colored,
will direct lite Seal Sale in thcee
schools. ^ ?. a.?_
? The national, state and county
ckiftw epeneor the sale of fiaater
Seals each year for the benefit of
11 lulled and. nhenically < hendicewoed
children. Hospitalisation for ifcau
sutic fever, pes'haamg artificial ap
pliances, transportation to cllnicft,
buying glasses, drugs, and removing
teeth, an acme of the
from the Bale of instrr
Seals.
The cense reeervec the internet and
a liberal contribution from every
and child in the eam
Tfce Seels have already been dis
tributed to the school children and
new on sale, with a quota of fl?r
to be met by SMusday, April 20.
Mrs, Jeannette Smith
Laid To Rest Here
Funeral services for Mr*. Jeamettb
Rollins Smith, .44, wife of W. L.
Staritfc. at 1627 Bickett Boulevard,
Raleigh, and a formar citizen of
Farmville, wore held from the Chrie
t?fe'?Gharth, hett, Saturday after
neon, at foar o'clock, with the Re*.
Newton.J. Robison, pastor of HiC
[ye* Memorial Cftrietiaiv Church, Ral
eigh, hi charge. The funeral party
left Yelverton's Funeral Home, Rat
ei?h, at ISO o'clock. Interment was
aurieti* Fowat HiU cemetery be
neath a tribute -of,lovely flowers,
A choir, composed of Mrs. C. R.
Townaand. Mrs. C. F. Raurom. Mrs.
J. M. Hobgood, Bfll Morton and
Arthur Joyner, Jr., with lira. Ha*
wood Smith,-as-aeeempariisfc, sang My
FiMdlAbks Up To Thee, Softly Now
the Light of Day and Jesus, Saviour,
Pilot Me at the Church and In The
owwc cy? ?? Pj? w me gnrvepne.
. Pallbearers were; Lee Corbett, J.
0. Pollard, Joel W. Moye, George E.
Berhnum, Jr., Arch J, and Curtis H.
Flanagan, R LeRoy Roilina and F. A.
Darden. %%%*"?. '' 7 '
Mrs. Smith passed away, Friday
morning, at Rex Hospital, Raleigh,
sssufir
Mrs. Henry A. Rollins, of Bethel.
Left an orphan in her early girlhood,
Mrs. Smith made her home in Farm
ville with an uncle, the late W. J.
Rollins* and leaves a number of rela
tives and friends hare to mown her
passing. She was an active member
*tf the local Christian Church prior
to her residence in Raleigh. '
She is survived by
W. L. Smith, of Ralefgi
tar, Mrs; Bonnie Worsley, of
Spring Fever Tkreat
To Easter Egg Poor
'
-Of all things," Spring Fever if
the egg supply ?*
C. F.
pert at State College, haa this to My
about what the coming of <
to ifcph |Mt<t? I
"With the advent at
more hena become
production inxnany caaea is i
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in a year. Extensive codling
will be needed in older to maintain
? Almoat without fail in
H! So'
year, April should pwve a good
month ih which to rigidly cuE lay
Jla^-Jr
ing flocks."
Much at the spring egg supplyalso
is lost baeame of quick spoilage, Pan
19
Pastors of- the
lilted in the
entire community is hssltad to teka
part in thia program, which is Jn
ft*
Hf/
lag as it does to the
op to the crucifixion of Quriet and
cuhninatieg with the Resurrection
The programs, outlined by the pas
tors of the various dnwlws follow:
BHPflST?1Th* H?v. E. W. Holmes
announces Mp Trith Sunday sermon
topics as "Ae King Cometti," and
"The Land of Pretty Soon." For the
-series he will bane hk evening mes
sages ast events of ths* last week and
has made teUtsUire announcements of
sermon topics as "The Closing Days,"
"The Upper Room." "Gethsemaae,"
"Trial of Jseua," raid
Easier Sunday, "The
CHRISTIAN ? The Ret. C. B.
ltf Jdliii Iim - *--1 iljaf iL'A sms, tahf ar
Mjuunxmi states tnts tue pre-j&aster
Meeting' will begin here on Palm
Sunday, ml be fallowing visiting
.V i- VI.
daring' the week; Monday evening,
the Rev. R. A. PhiHpe, of Kinston;
Tsesthtfc'the Rev. W. EL Branson, ei
Ayden; Wednesday, the Rev. J. K
Waters, of Wilson; Ike pastor will
speak on Thursday and Friday eve
nings and Easter 3uuilny morning at
? *he Women's Council will
the week as one of Prayer with
and Friday# St 3:30 o'clock, wttk
"Peace Through The Cross," as the
them* cj its programs. On lianday,
Group 8 will lead with "Peace b Im
perative" as. the topic; Wednesday,
Group 2, topic, "Peace Has Its
Price"; Friday# Group 1, topic "Christ
,Js The Wpy of Poaco." ...
A Sunrise Service will be held at
SsOOo'cIofk, Easter Meriting, St which
time a playlet, "O. Grave, Where Is
Thy Victory?" written by the pester,
will bp presented by Sybil Barrett,
Bobby RseedH, Msynawi Thorpe, Jo?
Moye, Jimmie Stocks, Bruce Harden,
Fay Corbett add Jean Bynom, with
Mrs. J. T. Windham and Mrs. Ted
L. Albritton, directing. Mn. Mash
burn will have charge of the music,
which will be rendered by members
of the various church choirs. iki
METHODIST?The Rev. E. B.
Clegg announces that these will be a
ragute Palm Sunday service on April
IVatwiuA tta^cbss ^children
Evening services will be held at
8:00 o'clock on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday with sermon topics ap
propriate to the timet n. On Thurs
day evening, at 7:00 o'clock, a Cah
dlejight service will be held together
with, a Communion celebration.
There will be no service on Friday.!s
At tho oiuirn o'ciedc service, Easter
Sunday,'there wil! be a special mes
sage in keeping with the day and
special music by the choir.'
PRESBYTERIAN?The Rev.- E. &
Coatee states that his series of ser
mons for the week will be in keeptdi
with the season and that there will
be a special Easter meesage and
in bis Church on
Rabil Brothers
To Open Cafe
ag Rabil brother*, Ellis J. and George,
of Wilson, are announcing' in this'is
1*0 to
calllnd make this, Ftomville's new.
eat, their headquarters for good
Hie Royal Grill, which is located
on the corner of Main and
streets, has been recently
redecorated, and pnfc in A-l
for meeting the need of an up-t
cafe in Farmville. ?
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